The Department of Health and Human Services said that a "rogue employee" changed a voicemail to a Domino's pizza recording that people were calling to complain about animal testing.

Last week, the White Coat Waste Project urged social media followers to call HHS and demand the department cut funding for cat testing at a National Institutes of Health-funded lab at the University of Missouri, according to The Hill newspaper.

The organization's post included two phone numbers that route to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s office.

Initially, calls were either answered or sent to a standard voicemail, according to WCWP. Then starting Tuesday afternoon, callers were greeted with a message that said, “Thank you for calling Domino’s Pizza. Can you please hold? Thank you.”

WCWP Senior Vice President Justin Goodman mentioned the message Wednesday during a Senate Small Business subcommittee hearing regarding “secret” government spending, claiming his group had identified “at least $86 million” in funding awarded by the Trump administration that was being used to conduct testing on dogs.

“Torturing puppies with our tax dollars isn’t funny, but people at HHS apparently think it is,” Goodman said.

An HHS spokesperson said Thursday that the voicemail was “an unauthorized action by a rogue employee and not representative of HHS.”

“The issue has been addressed, and the phone line is now functioning normally,” the spokesperson said.

HHS did not respond to the news outlet's questions about whether the staffer could face disciplinary action.

Goodman told The Hill that this was not an “isolated incident,” but rather showed a “broader pattern of defiance, deception, and dismissiveness from RFK’s agencies” against WCWP’s criticism.